Poem from
the Slave daysFrom the beginning of
the cotton veil
I held an oath as they made sail in the belly of the wooden whale
That I would not fail
to reach my home again
All tied to the same chains
with our new names, we remained-
till our counted days.
Listen to our call and hear the screams
and please that one day we could be set free.
God's promise to me.
Out of it all we would come
with great substance.
Knowledge of, THE ONE.

The Islamic impact on the
African-American community can be easily understood if we
kept in mind that 80% of black slaves
were Muslims, but were forced to convert to Christianity
under different circumstances. Black people have been
subjected to racism for hundreds of years; but the end to
that is closing. Since the days of Malcolm X, Black
resistance is becoming organized. Because of the equality of
Islam, many Black Americans are finding their way back to
Islam. Today, 90% of all American
converts are African-American. They compromise 42%
of the Muslim community in the United States (i.e. larger
than any group). It is nice to notice that 60%
of people in Africa are Muslims.